BAPTISMS -
by John Craig
1740 - 1749
Publ. by L. B. Hatke, Staunton, Va.
Copied from the Marriage Records of
the Old Presbyterian Church of Alexandria, Va. 1789-1825
PAGES:
A Record of
the names of the children baptized by
the Rev. John Craig, both in his own and
in the neighboring congregations, where God in
his providence ordered his labours.
Where in the time and place and the parents' name that
presented the children are all record: Not if
the child belong to the Congregation no place is
named.
For the use of the Congregation beginning anno Dom
1740.
II YEAR
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October 1741 |
4 |
Thomson, Moses |
a child Baptized named Sarah |
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Miller, James |
a child Baptized named Jean |
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Gillespy, Jaems |
a child Baptized named Margaret, an untimely birth. |
15 |
Campbell, Gilbert |
a child Baptized named Charles |
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Woods, Richard |
2 children Baptized named Margaret and Samuel, not
twins. |
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Hall, William |
a child Baptized named John |
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)At Gilbert Campbell's North Branch of James River.
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Hall, Willialm |
a child Baptized named William |
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Young, Robert |
a child Baptized named James |
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Lapsley, Joseph |
a child Baptized named Jean |
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Woods, William |
a child Baptized named Agnes |
16 |
Cunningham, Hugh |
2 children, Baptized, twins, named James and Mary at his
house at North Branch of James River |
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McDowel, John |
a child Baptized named Sarah |
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)At John McDowel's in Burdons Land
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McCliry, Alexander |
a child Baptized named Rachel |
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Greenlie, James |
a child Baptized named James |
18 |
Hays, Charles |
a child Baptized named ANdrew |
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Dunlap, Smauel |
a child Baptized named Isabel |
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)At Timber Grove meeting house in Burdons Land.
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Cawser, Richard |
a child Baptized named Katherine |
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Martin, Andrew |
a child Baptized named Elenor |
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Walker, Samuel |
a child Baptized named Barbara |
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Dicky, John |
a child Baptized named John |
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Robison, James |
2 children, Baptized named Rachel and Hanna, twins. |
20 |
Trimble, John |
a child Baptized named Jean |
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)At North Mountain Meeting House.
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Martin, Patrick |
a child Baptized named George |
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Robison, James |
a child Baptized named James |
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Vance, William |
a child Baptized named Moses. |
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Risk, John |
a child Baptized named Mary. |
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King, William |
a child Baptized named Annis |
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Betty, Francis |
a child Baptized named James |
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Pirva, Thomas |
a child Baptized named Margaret |
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25 |
Crawford, John |
a child Baptized named Josiah |
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Sheals, Thomas |
a child Baptized named Jennet |
The number baptized this month 34, of which 19 females. |
November 1741 |
1 |
Trimble, Walter |
a child Baptized named Margaret |
8 |
McCluer, James |
a child Baptized named Esther |
15 |
Anderson, John |
a child Baptized named Robert |
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Johnston, William |
a child Baptized named Mary |
29 |
Ker, Samuel |
a child Baptized named Samuel |
The number baptized this month 5, of which 3 females |
December 1741 |
19 |
Armstrong, James |
a child Baptized named Mary |
20 |
Henderson, Alexander |
a child Baptized named Elizabeth |
27 |
Neilson, David |
a child Baptized named John |
The number baptized this month 3, of which 3 females |
January 1741-2 |
20 |
Patton, James, Mr. |
stood sponser for a child Baptized named Henry born in
his house of a Papish Foviet Servant, a base person;
could not be brought to tell who was the father
nothwithstanding all means used but supposed to be
begotton by one Charles Hiky, another papish foviet
servant, because they had been seen too great together |
February 1741-2 |
21 |
Frame, John |
a child Baptized named Mary |
29 |
Petterson, William |
a child Baptized named Shusanna |
The number baptized this month, 2 females |
March 1741-2 |
11 |
Miller, John |
3 children baptized named Sarah, Martha, James |
14 |
Henderson, Thomas |
a child Baptized named Thomas |
21 |
Allen, James |
a child Baptized named Margaret |
28 |
Callwell, George |
a child Baptized named George |
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Smith, William |
a child Baptized named Jean |
The number baptized this month 7, of which 4 females |
April 1742 |
4 |
Crawford, James |
a child Baptized named George |
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Landrif, Thoams |
a child Baptized named William |
11 |
Gordon, John |
a child Baptized named John |
25 |
Thomson, John |
a child Baptized named John |
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Alexander, Gabriel |
a child Baptized named Margaret |
The number baptized this month 5, of which 1 female. |
May 1742 |
2 |
Logan, William |
a child Baptized named John |
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Craig, Robert |
a child Baptized named Elizabeth |
23 |
Henderson, John |
a child Baptized named Mary |
30 |
Picken, John |
a child Baptized named William |
The number baptized this month 4, of which 2 females. |
June 1742 |
6 |
Bell, Thomas |
a child Baptized named William |
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Hutchison, John |
a child Baptized named William |
20 |
Robertson, James |
a child Baptized named Ann |
27 |
Anderson, George |
a child Baptized named Margaret |
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Scot, George |
a child Baptized named Jean |
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Ralston, Robert |
a child Baptized named Ruth |
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Cathy, Andrew |
a child Baptized named Mary |
The number baptized this month 7, of which 5 females. |
July 1742 |
4 |
Kirkpatrick, Robert |
a child Baptized named Margaret |
11 |
McCollock, John |
a child Baptized named Samuel |
14 |
Williams, William |
2 children, twins Baptized named Stephen and Sarah |
25 |
Seewright, John |
a child Baptized named Margaret |
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McMachan, Robert |
a child Baptized named Jean |
The number baptized this month 6, of which 4 females. |
August 1742 |
8 |
Hicman, Joshua |
a child Baptized named Samuel |
15 |
Rusell, Andrew |
a child Baptized named Robert |
The number baptized this month, 2, both males. |
September 1742 |
5 |
Dicky, Michael |
a child Baptized named James |
12 |
Scot, Andrew |
a child Baptized named Thomas |
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Thomson, John |
a child Baptized named William. |
19 |
Stephenson, David |
a child Baptized named Mary |
26 |
Johnston, William |
a child Baptized named Zachariah. |
25 |
Gay, Samuel |
a child Baptized named Rebecca. |
The number baptized this month 6, of which 2 females.
This year being ended the whole number baptized by me
82; 38 males, 44 females. Glory to God who is
daily adding numbers to his Visible Church.
The number Baptized these two years 215, of which 107
males, 108 fem. |
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